STAR Toy Library : Membership

"Promoting diversity, inclusion and equality for all children"

Registered Charity No. 1023528

STAR Membership

Why Become a Member?

By becoming a member of STAR you will be supporting STAR's overall aims and objectives. The fees you pay for your membership will help STAR in its stated goals of working towards the elimination of discrimination, the promotion of equality of opportunity and the desire to foster good relations between persons of different racial groups.

Whether you choose to use STAR's resources or not, by becoming a member of STAR you will be making a valuable contribution to our organisation and, by doing so, will be helping to enrich the lives of the many young children who benefit from our resources. Simply put: the more members we have, the more resources we can purchase, and the more children will benefit.

By becoming a member of STAR you can have the satisfaction of knowing that you are making a difference to the lives of young children.

What Do You Get as a Member?

As a member you will have access to STAR's multicultural resource library, enabling you to borrow from a wide range of multicultural and positive-image resources that aren't readily available elsewhere. These include:

Children's books Reference books for adults
Dressing-up clothesPosters and other diplay materials
Dolls and play figures Instruments
Jigsaws and other puzzles Board games and general toys
Play food and cooking sets Music cassettes and CDs
Topic Boxes Festival Boxes

How Much Does it Cost?

£24 per year per organisation or group (e.g. pre-school or playgroup)
£12 (£6 concessions) per year per individual (e.g. parent)

Note: once you have paid your annual subscription there is no charge for the borrowing of toys. Each loan period lasts 6 weeks (roughly the length of one school helf-term), but the loan period can be extended on request if this proves to be too short for your convenience.

Where Do You Get the Resources?

Riverside Community Centre
York Place
London Road
Bath
BA1 6AE (>>map)

Alternatively, you can visit our mobile resource library (>>click here for details).

When Can You Borrow Resources?

Tuesdays 10am - 2pm (>>click here for mobile resource library dates and times).

Note: if these times are inconvenient for you, it is possible to arrange for the resource library to be opened by appointment. This is at no additional charge, but does require that you phone to arrange an appropriate time with one of our volunteers.

How Do You Become a Member?

To become a member you simply fill out an application form. You can choose either to download a printout of the application form, which can be posted to us, or you can fill out an online application form which, on submission will be emailed to us. Once we have received payment from you, we will send you an invoice and inform you of your membership number. You can make payment by post, bring the money in personally to the resource library, or, if applying online, via credit/debit card.